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Fees & business model

Free for buyers. Always.

Cubbie is transaction-based. Buyers pay $0. Every feature listed below is included. Vendors pay only when a buyer actually purchases. No listing fees, no pay-to-rank, no surcharges.

$0
For buyers, always

You never pay more on Cubbie than you would buying direct. No surcharges, no markups, no hidden fees. The vendor commission is separate and never passed to you. Plus you earn 1% back on every purchase as Cubbie Points.

What buyers get

Everything below is included for every buyer. No tiers, no upsells, no “contact sales” gates. What you see is what you get.

Discover
Trust-ranked product search

Search 24,690+ software products ranked organically by quality, not ad spend.

Domain & category directory

Browse 21 domains and 2,372+ curated categories.

Software Advisor (AI)

Stack-aware AI assistant that recommends tools based on your gaps and budget.

Side-by-side comparisons

Compare any two products on pricing, integrations, and trust signals.

Curated collections

Hand-picked product lists for common use cases: onboarding, finance ops, AI infra, etc.

Marketplace workspace

Full-page workspace to research, save, and organize products into shortlists.

Buy
Direct on-platform checkout

Buy software without leaving Cubbie. No hand-off to vendor sales reps.

Verified vendor offers

Pre-negotiated discounts validated directly with vendors.

Buyer approval workflows

Route purchases through finance, IT, or security with role-based reviewer policies.

Procurement audit trail

Every approval, signature, and payment recorded on a hash-chained audit log built for compliance reviews.

Seat reassignment & audit

Assign every license to a named team member; reassign on team moves; unassign on offboarding. Append-only audit log of every change.

Manage
Stack auto-discovery

Connect Okta, Google Workspace, or upload CSV to inventory every SaaS your team uses.

Subscription management

Centralized view of every renewal, contract, and seat count across your stack.

Renewal calendar & alerts

Get reminders well before any renewal, on a lead time you control, so nothing auto-charges by surprise.

Usage tracking

See which seats are active, dormant, or never logged in. Reclaim wasted licenses.

Health scoring

Per-tool health scores combining usage, satisfaction, security, and price benchmarks.

Optimize
Stack gap analysis

Identify duplicates, missing categories, and over-provisioned tools.

Industry benchmarks

See how your stack and spend compare to peer companies in your size + industry.

Optimization recommendations

Concrete suggestions to consolidate, downgrade, or replace tools.

Renewal negotiation prep

Auto-generated negotiation packets with usage data, alternatives, and benchmark pricing.

Budget rules & threshold gates

Set per-category and per-vendor spend thresholds. Purchases above the limit auto-route to finance approval.

Earn
1% Cubbie Points on every purchase

Earn back on every transaction. Redeem as personal rewards, team experiences, or company credits based on policy.

Premium reward tiers

Unlock dining, wellness, hotel, Ritz-Carlton, executive travel, and million-credit flight rewards.

Enterprise controls

High-value redemptions include approval routing, audit trails, and tax-ready reward records.

Integrate
Cubbie API

REST API for stack inventory, recommendations, renewal calendar, and Points ledger access.

Okta / SAML SSO

Single sign-on with your identity provider.

Google Workspace integration

Pull SaaS inventory directly from your Workspace.

CSV import / export

Round-trip your stack data with finance, ITAM, or BI tools.

Trust & Security
Read-only OAuth scopes

We pull metadata only. We never read emails, files, calendars, or message contents.

Hash-chained audit log

Every account, approval, payment, and admin action recorded on an append-only chain rooted daily by the audit-chain cron.

Buyer-only deal verification

Cubbie verifies offers directly with vendors before publishing. No fake discounts.

Disconnect any time

Revoke OAuth or delete account at will. Data export available on request.

Vendor economics

Vendors pay nothing to list and nothing to be ranked. Fees apply only when Cubbie sources a buyer transaction.

Vendors
$0listing fee
List your product for free. No setup costs, no monthly subscription, no pay-to-rank. You only pay when a transaction happens.
5%on new deals
Applies to the first year of a new customer acquired through Cubbie. One-time fee on the initial contract value.
1%on every renewal
When an existing customer renews through Cubbie, the fee drops to 1% and stays there for as long as they keep renewing.
Example: A buyer purchases your $10,000/year product through Cubbie. You pay $500 (5%) in year one, then $100 (1%) every year they renew.
Buyers
$0to buyers, always
Buyers never pay more on Cubbie than they would buying direct. The vendor commission is separate and never passed to the buyer.
+1%back as Cubbie Points
Earn 1% back on every purchase. Redeem for policy-aware personal rewards, premium travel, and company credits.
Example: A product costs $10,000/year. You pay exactly $10,000 and earn 1,000 Cubbie Points.

Ranking integrity

Search and directory ranking are organic and trust-weighted. Payments never buy core rank placement. Vendors can buy promoted slots clearly labeled as “sponsored”, but these never displace organic search results.

What the vendor fee covers

The transaction fee is not a toll. It is what runs the company. When vendors win a customer through Cubbie, that fee funds everything below.

Trust InfrastructureReview integrity, safety scanning, fraud controls, and the hash-chained audit log that keep rankings honest and discovery credible.
Transaction InfrastructureOffer management, checkout orchestration, payout logic, the Points ledger, and subscription management, all run and monitored around the clock.
A Free Buyer PlatformEvery buyer feature on this page (procurement workflows, renewal alerts, stack optimization) ships free because vendor fees fund it.
The People Behind ItEngineers, editors, reviewers, and support staff. The fee pays the team that answers your tickets and ships your features, and keeps food on their tables.
Community & EventsVendor showcases, buyer meetups, and Cubbie-hosted conferences that bring software builders and buyers together in person.
Investing in the Software IndustryCategory research, editorial coverage, and programs that promote great software, growing the market for everyone, not just our marketplace.
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